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Enduring Understandings

  • Newton's Laws of Motion can predict the location, velocity, and acceleration of objects.
  • Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation predicts interactions of objects throughout the cosmos.


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Prior Learning (from S8 Anchors)

S8.C.3.1 Describe the effect of multiple forces on the movement, speed, or direction of an object.
  • S8.C.3.1.1 Describe forces acting on objects (e.g., friction, gravity, balanced versus unbalanced).
  • S8.C.3.1.2 Distinguish between kinetic and potential energy.
  • S8.C.3.1.3 Explain that mechanical advantage helps to do work (physics) by either changing a force or changing the direction of the applied force (e.g., simple machines, hydraulic systems).


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Learning Objectives: Working Draft

  • Use graphical and algebraic tools to quantitatively describe the motion of an object.
  • Explain common phenomena (e.g., a rock in a landslide, an astronaut during a space walk, a car hitting a patch of ice on the road) using an understanding of Newton's Laws of Motion.
  • Explain common phenomena (e.g., a rock in a landslide, an astronaut during a space walk, a car hitting a patch of ice on the road) using an understanding of conservation of momentum.
  • Explain the role of forces in circular motion, and apply this concept to orbital motion.
  • Describe the chemical reactions involved in rocket propulsion.


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Essential Learning Activities/Strategies/Technology: Working Draft



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Supplemental Resources

  1. http://science.howstuffworks.com/rocket.htm
  2. http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/sci-fi.htm
  3. http://www.howstuffworks.com/airplane.htm
  4. http://www.howstuffworks.com/concorde.htm
  5. http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-shuttle.htm
  6. http://science.howstuffworks.com/weightlessness.htm
  7. Text- Science Spectrum Ch 7.1 Velocity & Acceleration; Ch. 1.3 Organizing Data/ Graphing; Ch 7.3 Newton's Laws; Ch. 18.1 Scale of Universe; Ch. 5.4 Rates of Change of Chemical Reactions
  • NASA Resources
  1. http://spaceflightsystems.grc.nasa.gov
  2. http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html


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Embedded Curriculum Document


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